Yeah, the active Fenders have a Nutra-sweet kinda after taste that lingers. It is great at first but it gets a bit thin. They may have gotten better, but that was my impression of the 97 MIA Jazz Deluxe that I owned.

i'm sorry if im stealing your thread, rockbassist1087. i just have similar question and didn't want people to see the similar thread at the same time. im struggling between Musicman and Fender. p-bass and stingRay. both four strings....
how's their necks, pick ups, sound, weight?